Word: sean
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...read with interest the article on the rise of Sean McBride in Irish politics [TIME...
...been in jail often, studied law on the side. In 1937, still wanted by the police, he had succeeded in sitting for his law examinations at Dublin's University College and taking a degree with honors before making his getaway. He was Maud Gonne's son, Sean MacBride...
...Toronto other housewives wired Prime Minister King that decontrol of flour was "an unforgivable crime against the people." An Ottawa councilman cried: "We are losing the peace. ... It is such things as this that give rise to Communism." Labor organizations warned that higher prices would inevitably mean higher wages. Sean Edwin, a Montreal Gazette columnist, cracked: "If the ... trend continues, dollars to doughnuts will be even money...
...final day President Sean O'Kelly and his wife Phyllis drove into the grounds in an open landau, surrounded by an elegant escort of blue-&-gold uniformed hussars. Two of the horses pulling the landau, unnerved by the excitement of the occasion, reared, almost overturned the landau, broke loose and dashed off. The hussars scattered. Dubliners considered this incident alone made the show a success. When Eire's No. 1 Army band (conducted by a German) played God Save the King!, Eamon de Valera smiled sourly as he stood at attention in what used to be the royal...
...June and the Paycock" takes a lot more in the way of acting and direction than a quick reading of Sean O'Casey's masterpiece might indicate, a lot more than the Dramatic Club has been able to give it. With almost no exceptions, for example, the east last night failed to achieve even the minimum requirements of a brogue. Actors crossed awkwardly in front of each other, faced the audience for no apparent reason other than a sheer desire...